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1943 Pizzeria Uno began when Ike Sewell opened a restaurant in
Chicago that specialized in serving his new creation, deep-dish pizza
1955 To handle overflow traffic from the original Pizzeria Uno, a second Uno restaurant opened one block away from the Original Uno, called Pizzeria Due
1963 Sewell opened Su Casa, a Mexican restaurant, next door to
Due
1975 Aaron Spencer, current Chairman, first tasted Pizzeria Uno
pizza at a meeting in downtown Chicago
1978 Spencer gained Sewell’s approval to expand the concept to
other markets
1979 First Uno restaurant outside of Chicago opened in Boston
1980 The first Uno franchise unit opened in Washington, D.C.
1987 Uno became a publicly owned company (NYSE:UNO)
1988 The 50th Uno restaurant opened in Nashua, N.H.
1992 Uno opened its 100th restaurant in Revere, Massachusetts
1993 Uno’s 50th Anniversary was cited by Chicago Mayor Richard
Daley with a special resolution
1994 Uno added kitchen equipment like sauté stations, char
broilers, grills and fryers to its restaurants
1995 New menu offerings, including steaks, pastas and fajitas
were introduced
1996 Uno unveiled a prototype restaurant designed to capture the
atmosphere of its Chicago roots
1997 Restaurants renamed Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar & Grill and
the 150th Uno restaurant opened in Burlington, Vermont
1998 “Bigger and Better” menu is introduced with new items,
larger portions, higher quality ingredients and improved
presentations
1999 Won “Choice in Chains” platinum award by Restaurants &
Institutions magazine
2000 Uno was named in Forbes magazine's annual list of “200
Best Small Companies” for the first time. Uno was ranked
194th
2001 Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. became a private company
in a $41 million merger with a corporation formed by
Chairman Aaron Spencer and other company executives

Uno was ranked in Nation’s Restaurant News as one of the top
100 chains in growth by sales. Uno was ranked number 31

2003 Restaurant name evolves to Uno Chicago Grill

Uno Chicago Grill named the #1 franchise opportunity in its
category by Entrepreneur Magazine

The company was selected by Franchise Times as one of the
top 20 companies to watch

Uno Chicago Grill was awarded first runner-up for its New England Clam Chowder in Boston’s Fourth Annual Chowderfest

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley declared October 4th
" Uno Day" in celebration of the 60th birthday of the deep dish pizza. Over 2500 free slices of Uno deep dish pizza were given to Chicagoans that day.

Uno opened its 200th restaurant in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

2004

Uno Chicago Grill was selected by Entrepreneur Magazine as the best franchise in its category

 

 


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